I'm trying to replace my HD in my A1200, and would appreciate some advice. I tried installing an EIDE Western Digital 80GB one, but the system wouldn't recognize it in HDToolBox, and I didn't hear it power up with the system like it should. I read an A1200 hardware FAQ that said most IDE drives will work with the A1200, including EIDE. It described them as Fast ATA. The drive I tried was a Parallel ATA one, though EIDE. Is this a different kind of drive that won't ever work, or do I just need to try a different brand?
I've heard about the Compact Flash drives that can be used in lieu of an actual hard drive, and those sound advantageous. I don't need a gigantic 80 to 320GB drive like the Western Digital ones, so maybe that would be a better option. My A1200 has 68030/68882, 32 MB fast RAM, Surf Squirrel SCSI, and OS3.9 BB1. What all hard drive types are going to be compatible with the A1200?
Western Digital is all I use when I purchase drives There resiliant and Fast!
Thomas can correct me if I'm wrong but I think the easiest way to get a big drive working is prepareing it on WinUAE or other Emu if you have a MAC. Even though its not for the same OS your looking to use you may want to check this forum out on the second page about 1/2 way down Thomas has a tutorial that really helped me!
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40748&page=2I use this to connect the drive up to my PC for prep.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189169&cm_re=USB_to_IDE-_-12-189-169-_-ProductThis works with all types of drives and can be a very usefull tool when trying to recover files from another computer.
Hope this helps.
I have a 60Gig I used in my Amiga. And I'm making a 30Gig one for my CD32 Right now.